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HWM+HardwareZone.com Tech Awards 2011 Editor's Choice - Part 2

By Team HardwareZone - 4 Mar 2011

Best 802.11n Wireless Router

Best 802.11n Wireless Router

The past year witnessed a boom of 802.11n routers following the wireless standard's final ratification. Demand for N-routers have also spiked due to the need for faster access points (APs) with the implementation of fiber infrastructure. Here is a list of the dual-band nominees which made it to our list.

Nominees:

  • ASUS RT-N56U Dual Band N Router
  • Belkin Play Max
  • Linksys by Cisco E2000
  • Netgear WNDR3700 RangeMax Router
  • TRENDnet TEW-673GRU Wireless N

And the Winner Is...

ASUS has managed to combine both good looks and performance into the sleek and sexy RT-N56U. 

Rarely does a tech product combine polished good looks and solid performance, but ASUS has managed to pull it off with the 'true' dual band RT-N56U. Its sleek and stylized form factor departs from conventional router designs, whilst maintaining an array of practical features such as UPnP and print server support, customizable QoS, port triggering, DoS protection and FTP server services. Most of all, it knocked our socks off with its speedy throughputs, and even more so on its 5GHz band. Indeed, ASUS has proven that it is possible to combine stellar good looks and a punchy performance in a single device.

Scoring Breakdown
Criteria/Model ASUS RT-N56U Dual Band N Router Belkin Play Max Linksys by Cisco E2000 Netgear WNDR3700 RangeMax Router TRENDnet TEW-673GRU Wireless N
Physique 9.0 8.0 8.5 9.0 7.5
Features 9.0 9.0 8.5 8.5 8.0
Performance 9.0 8.5 8.5 8.0 8.0
User-Friendliness 8.5 8.0 9.0 8.5 8.0
Value 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.0 8.0
Overall 9.0 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.0
Price S$289 S$199 S$159 S$259 S$239

For more details on how we selected our winners, check out the full reviews and articles listed at the References section at the end.

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